Private practitioner in California (1966-1980)Judge of the California Municipal Court, in the North Orange County Judicial District (1980-1982)Judge of the California Superior Court in Orange County (1982-1992)Associate justice pro tempore of the California Supreme Court (1984)Associate justice pro tempore of the California Court of Appeals in the Fourth Appellate Dist., Div. 3 (1985)Judge of the U. S. District Court in the Central District of California (1992 - 1999)